Month: January 2018

Bravos de FC Juarez had a scoreless draw (0-0) on Saturday night at Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium versus Potros UAEM. The draw leaves the Bravos with 8 points after 4 matches in the 2018 Clausura season of the Ascenso MX League, good enough for 2nd place in the general standings table.

This result was a pleasant surprise for the visiting club Potros. The left the Borderland with one point in the bag that they were most likely not expecting. After this match the Potros find themselves in 13th place of the 16 team league with only 3 points this entire season.

The end analysis for this match is pretty simple for the Bravos. On Saturday night they lost 2 points on the season total instead of gaining one. The home side dominated for 90-minutes against a team that came in to the match with nothing to offer on the field of play. Still, the Bravos failed to put the ball in the back of the net despite generating countless scoring opportunities.

Mario Ortiz failed to convert on a penalty kick in the 57 minute of the match. When that happened, there was a sense in the stadium that it might not be FC Juarez’ night.

This fast paced season will continue for FC Juarez this Wednesday when they will travel to the city of Zacatecas to face Mineros in a mid week Ascenso MX league match. That match is schedule for a 3pm MST start.

Bravos de FC Juarez lost to Pumas by a score of 3-0 in Copa MX play last night in Mexico City. This defeat keeps the Bravos at 3 points with 2 more matches left in the group stage of the midweek competition.

In a night that consisted of a downpour for a majority of the match, the Bravos simply looked flat on the field of play for 90 minutes. They failed to produce a single serious threat on goal over the course of the entire match. In addition, 2 of the 3 goals scored on them looked like if the Pumas were operating at half speed.

Without a doubt this was a performance that the team from the Borderland will have to put behind them as soon as possible because there was not a single positive thing that could be rescued from yesterday’s match.

Turning the page quickly is something that the Bravos will have to do as their next match will be a Ascenso MX league contest against Potros de UAEM on Saturday evening at 5pm MST at Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium. Potros is coming in as the visiting side in 12th place in the general standings table with only 2 points after 3 matches in the 2018 Clausura season.

Bravos de FC Juarez will resume Copa MX play tonight when they face first division Liga MX club Pumas. The match is scheduled to kickoff at 8pm MST and will take place on the campus of the national university in Mexico City. The Bravos are looking to remain unbeaten in 2018 (in both league and cup competition) and maintain their first place position in group 5 of the mid-week competition.

FC Juarez won their first game in Copa MX play defeating Lobos BUAP by a score of 3-1, while Pumas lost to Lobos BUAP 2-0 in their first match of this home and home, round robin group stage of the competition.

Tonight’s match is expected to be a competitive one as Pumas needs to begin to earn points especially at home in order to keep their chances alive to advance into the knockout stage of the Copa MX.

There will be no shortage of motivation for the team from the Borderland. They will want to keep their undefeated streak intact, in addition, the players that head coach Miguel Fuentes calls on tonight, will be plenty motivated to perform in order to be considered for more playing time, especially in future league matches.

Earlier this week, coach Fuentes addressed the media regarding what would be expected from tonight’s match. Fuentes commented, “I expect a difficult match, whatever lineup they choose for Wednesday’s match is up to them. We are going to be focused on our execution. We are aware that they are a team of true first division quality, but we have quality too and will try and earn 3 points.”

Tonight’s match will be broadcast on national television in the United States on Galavision and the Spanish radio broadcast will be on Radio Deportiva 1560AM.

Bravos de FC Juarez tied in a scoreless draw Friday night against Correcaminos on the road in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. The tie gives the Bravos 7 points in this 2018 Clausura season of the Ascenso MX league. This is currently good enough to place the team from the Borderland in 3rd place in the general standings table.

Conventional soccer wisdom usually states that acquiring one point on the road via a tie is good, this was especially the case for Bravos on Friday night as they had a non-foul in their goalkeeper box called for a penalty kick against them in the 55th minute of the match. Fortunately for FC Juarez, their new goalkeeper Enrique Palos was able to stop the attempt by Daniel Rivero.

As for the Bravos offensive performance, they played their game. They created plenty of opportunities on goal but failed to produce that goal scoring touch. All in all, they looked like a team that went out as the visiting side to try to win and not be conformists looking for a tie.

Up next for FC Juarez will be a midweek match in Copa MX play on Wednesday night versus first division club Pumas on the campus of the Mexico’s national university. That match is scheduled to kickoff at 8pm MST.

Bravos de FC Juarez defeated Atletico de San Luis Saturday evening by a score of 2-1 at Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium. The Bravos had to come back from a 1-0 deficit in the second half to earn their 2nd victory of the 2018 Clausura season in the Ascenso Mx League.

The team from the city of San Luis took a 1-0 lead in the 30th minute of play at a point in match were they had been dominating the match.

The match was quickly made extra interesting as FC Juarez tied the match in the first 40 seconds of the second half on a goal by forward Mario Ortiz. The match winning goal was scored by Aaron Gomez in 60th minute of play.

As a result the team from the Borderland finds itself in 2nd place in the general standings table with 6 points behind only Alebrijes de Oaxaca by the sole difference of goal differential.

Up next for FC Juarez will be a match on the road versus Correcaminos (the roadrunners) Friday night in the city of Victoria, Tamaulipas. Correcaminos currently finds itself in 14th place of the general standings table with one point so far this season.

Bravos de FC Juarez defeated first division team Lobos BUAP by a score of 3-1 in the opening match of the 2018 Clausura edition of the Copa MX last night at Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium. The victory gave the Bravos their first 3 points in this mid-week competition.

The scoring line opened up rather quickly when in the 16th minute Omar Flores scored for the team from the Borderland off of a corner kick. Flores is a player from the Bravos farm system (their 3rd division team) that got called up for yesterday’s match. Flores is a native of the Borderland, born and raised in Ciudad Juarez.

The two other goals for FC Juarez were scored by Raul Enriquez in the 39th minute on a direct free kick, while the 3rd goal for the Bravos was scored by team captain Leandro Carrijo off of a penalty kick in stoppage time.

The match that developed last night was one that could be expected, mostly offensively oriented. Lobos BUAP in the 6 months that they have been in first division have become known for playing a style of soccer that is simply an all out attack.

This allowed for a 90-minute vertical match to take place with FC Juarez coming out victorious.

Up next for FC Juarez will be a return to Ascenso MX play this coming Saturday when it will play host to Atletico de San Luis in their home opener in league competition.

San Luis is coming off of a home loss to defending champion Alebrijes de Oaxaca last Saturday, losing 2-0 in Ascenso Mx league play. San Luis also lost last night in Copa Mx play by a score of 4-3 against Celaya FC at home.

Bravos de FC Juarez will play their first home match of 2018 tonight when they host Liga MX club Lobos BUAP in the opening match of the group stage of Copa MX play. The match is scheduled to kickoff at 8pm MST.

This will be the first time that the club form Puebla will return to the Borderland since defeating FC Juarez last May in the final of the 2017 Clausura season before earning promotion into Mexico’s premier soccer division later that month.

Bravos is coming off of a season opening win in league play last Saturday night in the city of Celaya, defeating Celaya FC by a score of 2-0.

It will be interesting to see what starting lineup FC Juarez head coach goes with tonight as the rotation and management of players is always key to maintaining a competitive side for both league and Copa MX play. The turnaround to league play will be a quick one as the Bravos will play their first league match at home this coming Saturday when they face Atletico de San Luis.

Tonight’s match will be broadcast in Spanish on Radio Deportiva 1560 AM.

The front office for Bravos de FC Juarez has rewarded their season ticket holders with a more than 50% discount on a 2-match ticket package for the upcoming Copa MX. Bravos drew 2 first division or Liga Mx teams into their group in this competition that takes place during the middle of the week.

Bravos will play a home and home round robin in the group stage of the competition versus Lobos BUAP and Pumas. Pumas can be considered traditionally as one of the biggest teams in Mexican soccer.

It is for both of these Bravos home matches in the group stage that season ticket holders will be get tickets at a more than 50% discount.

The first match will take place this coming Wednesday at 8pm MST versus Lobos BUAP. The match versus Pumas will take place on February 28th at 7:30pm MST. Both matches will take place at Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium.

Tickets for season ticket holders and the general public will go on sale today starting at noon at the stadium box office and on the team’s webpage.

Bravos de FC Juarez got their 2018 Ascenso MX Clausura season off to a proper start defeating Celaya FC 2-0 in the city of Celaya, Guanajuato on Saturday night. Scores by Rodrigo Prieto (11th minute) and Lucas Da Silva (95th minute) gave the team from the Borderland their first 3 points of the season.

As a result the Bravos currently find themselves in 3rd place in the general standings table. 6 teams won in the first week of the season, FC Juarez finds itself in 3rd place due to goal differential.

The match was one that gave the Bravos an early goal lead that was deserving as Bravos dominated the match from the onset, pressuring the opposing Celaya team in a relentless manner and dominating in terms of ball possession for the entire 90 minutes.

The only negative noted in the 90 minutes of play on Saturday was the failure to score on fast breaks or counter attacks when having an advantage in numbers. Without a doubt this is something that the Bravos will have to fine tune and improve as the season continues.

Up next for FC Juarez will be a Copa MX match Wednesday at Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium versus Lobos BUAP. This will be the first of 4 group stage matches in this mid week competition for FC Juarez. Also in their group in Copa MX play is first division team Pumas.

Bravos de FC Juarez will begin their 2018 Clausura season of the Ascenso Mx League today at 6pm MST against Celaya FC in the city of Celaya, Guanajuato. It was a quick turnaround between seasons as the Bravos played for the championship on December 2nd, 2017, a little more than a month ago.

The reason for the quick turnaround is due to the 2018 World Cup in Russia later this summer, leagues all over the world are being pressured to wrap up their season as early in the spring as possible.

As for the Bravos offseason, it can be described as uneventful. Not a lot of changes or new acquisitions could be expected for a team that finished second in the league and played for the championship last season. The only notable changes was the acquisition of goalkeeper Enrique Palos from first division Tigeres de Monterrey and midfielder Matheus Cotulio from Brazil.

The team from the Borderland did not lose any key players for the upcoming season.

Last season the Bravos tied their season opening match to Celaya FC playing as the home team on July 22nd, 2017 at Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium.

This evening’s match will be broadcast via radio in Spanish on Radio Deportiva 1560AM with coverage beginning a few minutes before 6 pm MST.